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BRYNN: Press Shoot

Posted on: May 4, 2019

Thurs 2
May
2019

I recently spent a wintry hour outside among the rusting trees with BRYNN to take some press shots. Here are a few of my favourites from the shoot.

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Posted in press shoots
Tagged autumn, brynn, cape town, cbd, company gardens, company's garden, landscape, location shoot, long hair, music, nature, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, press shoot, rock, south africa, south african, trees, winter

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Gary Thomas: Moodship at the old slave church

Posted on: April 25, 2019

Thurs 18
April
2019

A beautiful evening in a beautiful venue: Gary Thomas launched his new musical project in Long Street’s old slave church last Thursday to a small but appreciative crowd. As musically intricate and interesting as ever, I was surprised to learn he’s also funny, and greatly enjoyed the relaxed intimate vibe and beautiful sounds.

Here are some shots from the show.

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged acoustic, album launch, band launch, cape town, church, disco ball, evenings, favourites, gary thomas, gigs & festivals, guitars, long street, moodship, music, photography, south africa, south african, texx and the city, violin

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Medicine Boy & Clayton Human at Mercury

Posted on: April 15, 2019

Sat 6
April
2019

Relocating to Berlin was undoubtedly a great and very necessary decision for Medicine Boy. While spreading their wings abroad sadly means that they don’t play locally much anymore it also makes their visits back home that much more special; I really enjoyed their recent show at Mercury which featured frequent collaborators Werner von Waltsleben and Hezron Chetty as well as a special appearance from Simon Ratcliffe and an arresting and emotionally intense opening set from Clayton Human.

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Tagged cape town, clayton human, crowd, double bass, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hezron chetty, long hair, lucy kruger, medicine boy, music, photography, psych, psych night, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, violin, weekends, werner von waltsleben

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The Sleepers: A Signal Path Revisited at Mercury Live

Posted on: April 11, 2019

Fri 22
March
2019

The Sleepers, one of my long-time favourites, performed a very special show at Mercury recently to celebrate the decade-long anniversary of A Signal Path.

It was a nostalgic and emotional night, so much so that I struggled a bit to express my feelings in words but tried nevertheless: pictures and musings after the jump.

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Tagged anniversary, black moscow, cape town, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, memories, mercury, music, photography, reunion, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the sleepers, weekends

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Rock on the Lawns: The Cure at Kennilworth Racecourse

Posted on: April 10, 2019

Thurs 21
March
2019

It was quite surreal to watch and shoot this show, and very, very special – The Cure were incredible and the local lineup did themselves and SA proud.

Here are some photos from the amazing Rock on the Lawns last month, featuring* Fokofpolisiekar, a once(well, technically ‘twice’ as they performed in Joburg too)-off re-union show from Zebra & Giraffe, Ard Matthews, Karen Zoid, Opposite the Other, Southern Wild, Hellcats and of course the legendary Cure.

*Also on the line-up were Diamond Thug but unfortunately I missed their performance.